There is no such thing as "al Qaeda", "al Qaeda" is a term made up by the
U.S. government to be applied to anyone killed during in the occupation
of Iraq and Afghanistan. There is no formal organization. There is no
secret terrorist network. What there is a is a phantom enemy, a
boogyman that was easily sold to the American people for the benefit of
the Bush Administration and their friends at PNAC. Also easily ran and employed by the C.I.A. Bin Laden was a C.I.A. tactician.